Early in his presidency, in May 1977, then-President Jimmy Carter gave a commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame that outlined a new approach to America’s role in the world: Carter said human rights should be a “fundamental tenet of our foreign policy.

Human Rights Watch mourns the loss of Jimmy Carter, who made trailblazing contributions to the human rights movement during his US presidency and long afterward.

America mourns the loss of the 39th President Jimmy Carter—and while he didn’t appoint any justices to the Supreme Court during his presidency, he will be known for literally changing the face(s) of the Federal Bench.

Historian Brian Rosenwald argues that former President Jimmy Carter's mistakes and "political tin ear" gave fuel to the "rise of a hard-edged conservatism" and "did massive damage to his political party.